1978–79 French Division 1

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Division 1
Season1978–79
Dates19 July 1978 –
1 June 1979
ChampionsStrasbourg (1st title)
RelegatedParis FC
Reims
European CupStrasbourg
Cup Winners' CupNantes
UEFA CupMonaco
Saint-Étienne
Matches played380
Goals scored1,141 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerCarlos Bianchi
(27 goals)

RC Strasbourg won Division 1 season 1978/1979 of the French Association Football League
with 56 points.

Participating teams

Location of teams in 1978–79 Division 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Strasbourg
(C)
38 22 12 4 68 28 +40 56 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Nantes 38 23 8 7 85 33 +52 54 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 Saint-Étienne 38 24 6 8 77 34 +43 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Monaco 38 18 8 12 70 51 +19 44
5 Metz 38 19 6 13 61 56 +5 44
6 Lille 38 11 18 9 67 62 +5 40
7 Lyon 38 15 10 13 53 56 −3 40
8 Nîmes 38 15 9 14 61 50 +11 39
9 Sochaux 38 15 9 14 63 53 +10 39
10 Bordeaux 38 12 15 11 45 42 +3 39
11
Nancy
38 15 8 15 77 61 +16 38
12 Marseille 38 12 13 13 50 55 −5 37
13 Paris Saint-Germain 38 14 8 16 59 66 −7 36
14 Bastia 38 13 9 16 53 65 −12 35
15 Nice 38 11 10 17 58 75 −17 32
16 Laval 38 8 14 16 53 73 −20 30
17 Angers 38 8 14 16 37 68 −31 30
18 Valenciennes 38 9 10 19 36 65 −29 28
19 Paris FC (R) 38 9 10 19 42 77 −35 28 Qualification to relegation play-offs
20 Reims (R) 38 3 11 24 26 71 −45 17 Relegation to French Division 2
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Nantes qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978–79 Coupe de France.

Promoted from

Division 1 season 1979/1980

Results

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NAL
NAN NIC NMS PFC PSG REI STE SOC
RCS
VAL
Angers 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–3 3–2 1–2 1–0
Bastia 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 4–1 5–1 1–0 5–2 1–0 5–1 1–2 3–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–0
Bordeaux 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Laval 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–4 0–5 1–2 2–2 5–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
Lille 0–0 2–2 1–1 5–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 4–3 1–3 4–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 4–0 3–0 4–2 1–2 2–1
Lyon 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–3 4–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 3–0
Marseille 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
Metz 1–0 3–1 1–0 5–1 4–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0
Monaco 3–0 6–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–3 2–1 6–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–2
Nancy
2–2 5–1 4–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 4–0
Nantes 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 5–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 4–0
Nice 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 4–2 5–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 5–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–4
Nîmes 3–0 3–2 4–2 4–0 3–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 5–0
Paris FC 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–7 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–2
Paris SG 1–1 4–0 2–5 1–2 0–0 2–1 4–3 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0
Reims 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–4 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1
Saint-Étienne 4–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 5–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 6–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 5–0
Sochaux 4–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–0
Strasbourg
6–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 5–0
Valenciennes 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–2
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lens 0–0 (3–2 p) Paris FC 0–0 0–0

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Argentina Carlos Bianchi Paris Saint-Germain 27
2 Argentina Delio Onnis Monaco 22
France Éric Pécout Nantes
4 France Pierre Pleimelding Lille 21
France Gilbert Marguerite Nîmes
France Dominique Rocheteau Saint-Étienne
7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Bjeković Nice 17
France Albert Gemmrich
Strasbourg
9 Argentina Roberto Cabral Lille 16
10 Netherlands Johnny Rep Bastia 15
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Olarević Lille
France Bernard Zénier Nancy
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zvonko Ivezić Sochaux

RC Strasbourg Winning Squad 1978-'79

References